AT&T Inc

After being broken up in the mid-1980s in a landmark antitrust case, this telecommunications corporation re-formed in 2005 and became the most-used phone company in the United States. AT&T has the nation's largest 4G network, covering close to 300 million people, and is also the largest Wi-Fi provider in the country.

Regarded as one of the top corporate political donors, AT&T operates a PAC that regularly donates millions of dollars to candidates, most of whom are members of the Republican Party. The organization lobbies extensively in Washington, primarily on matters involving telecommunications, copyright, patents and trademarks, radio and TV broadcasting and taxes.

Profile for 2016 Election Cycle

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NOTE:Figures on this page include contributions and spending by affiliates of this organization.

Campaign finance totals for the current election cycle were released by the FEC on May 16, 2017 and by the IRS on August 15, 2016, lobbying data was released by the Senate Office of Public Records on January 25, 2017, outside spending data was released by the FEC on September 26, 2017, and PFD data was released by the House, Senate, and US Office of Government Ethics starting in June 2011.

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